"Where's Jax?" Asked Quinn visibly shaken
"He was ahead of us." said Kaicia, then the blood left her face "he was downstairs" Quinn's eyes widened
"Oh, no!" Quinn's eyes were full of terror
"What's wrong Quinn?" asked Kaicia urgently.
"Jax carried a fate stone!" yelled Quinn as he started a stumbling run down the stairs, Kaicia hot on his heels. About half way down the ruined staircase they found Sardoc and Pan Sardoc was unconscious, and pan was kneeling next to him trying to wake him, when Quinn came closer she turned her head as if she knew that Quinn was there.
"Quinn, who is that man, why did he do this?" her voice was full of despair, she unsteadily got to her feet.
"That is what Kaicia and I are going to find out now, stay here and keep your head down" said he, starting to walk past her. But when he came nearer she flung her arms around him.
"Don't leave me, please, don't. Let me come with you I can help with something." Tears were rolling down her face as she spoke. Quinn didn't quite know what to say, so he put his hand on her back to comfort her.
"Don't worry, pan, of course you can come along, but mind you do as I, or Kaicia say" he said it softly to sooth her and she let him go, following closely behind him. Swiftly and silently they descended to stairs and moved down the darkened corridor, there was a dim platinum light leading them on. When they came to the door that had opened into the hall they found that it had been ripped off of its hinges from the blast and the glow was coming from inside, it has a flickering quality of flames. Slowly, first one then another head peeped around the doorway and what they saw there none of them would ever forget. It was the worst thing that any of them had ever seen. Bodies were strewn about the hall, some dead, burned to death with parts of their blackened skeleton peering out at them. Others simply had extreme burns and their tortured moan and screams filled the hall. In the very center of the whirling death Jax stood, his back arched, his fists clenched, then, he roared, it was a sound like thunder underground, it reverberated throughout the hall and made the support beams groan in protest at the sound of his pain and rage. Such was his wroth that the very ground sagged beneath his terrible power and the three in the doorway coward in fear. The flames receded as Jack turned to the door, his eyes were closed. As the flames died completely his eyes snapped open and he saw his ruin. He sank to both knees and clutched his head in his hands.
"What have I done!?" he cried in dismay and sorrow, wildly shaking his head to and frau. Again he arched his back "what have I done!?" he screamed to the rafters.
"What is he?" Kaicia murmured under her breath. Pad looked at Jax in wonderment.
'How can he live with so much pain?' for Pan's "powers" as mentioned before by Sardoc were very rare, she had the ability to see people auras and sometimes their near future. Jax's aura was black and brown, of pain and death but also in his aura was bits and pieces of red, demon taint. Pan was always a kindly one and never could stand to see someone in pain and was often the first one to act in a situation. She ran from the doorway towards Jax.
"Pan!" yelled Quinn after her 'drat her, I hope Jax is safe to be around'
"What are we waiting for?" asked Kaicia "lets go lend a hand." Quinn and Kaicia cautiously left the doorway and made they're way through the body to Jax. Pan had already arrived and had bent down, trying to reassured Jax as well as she could. She looked down at the man, he was trembling and every once and a while a great sob escaped from him she put her arms around him in an embrace, trying to comfort him.
"Your alright, this can be mended, please stop crying." She pleaded with him softly, she really did want him to stop and at the same moment she realized just how muscular Jax was, under her touch he felt as solid as a steel shield. It took a long while for Jax to regain his right mind. The truth was that her embrace had made Jax remember Alora and the tender love she and he had shared. But there in his moment of weakness he made a new resolution, never again would he be called the destroyer from now on he would only be know as the avenger, a force for good. Slowly he stood and wiped the tears from his face, he then returned the embrace that pan had given him, for she was still hanging onto him. She near jumped out of her skin when Jax hugged her in return, t wasn't what she had been expecting but it was welcome. Jax looked at the others whom were standing, dumbstruck, at Jack's hug. Kaicia half expected him to burn her to death when she touched him and Quinn wasn't at all certain about what might happen but was prepared to leap in at any time to help Pan.
"How many are still alive?" Jack said, sorrow thick on his voice.
"Maybe ten perhaps less." Said Kaicia "but I want to know what exactly are you are, Jax." Jack blinked in confusion then suddenly slapped his forehead.
"I am sorry, I'm Jack, not Jax, and what I am can be talked about latter, there are still wounded that I have to hel." but he never got to finish in mid-sentence his eyes went vacant and he fell onto Pan whom could only barley hold him up. As jack fell the high magus came into view. Her eyes gleamed with rage and she opened a portal.
"Quinn," she didn't yell but she didn't have to. Her voice was like the hissing of a thousand vipers. "You are t be tried in the mage court as a heretic, Kaicia. You disappoint me, how could you gather with such garbage? You are to go to your quarters and stay there until called. As for this fellow and that young girl under him, they will both be handed to the ancients for their delight. Lift the man, Quinn. You girl go through the portal now or meet your death early, pan rushed through the gate and Quinn lifted Jack. Kaicia was the last one through, but as she passed, while the high magus wasn't looking, she kissed him once more and whispered, "I'm sorry." Then she too was gone. Quinn's march to the portal seemed to take forever; Quinn knew that one of two things was going to happen, ether he would be immediately executed or he would have his magic bleed from him. 'Well I've really done it this time' Quinn thought to himself 'I just hope that Kaicia doesn't come to a bad end'. Suddenly the portal seemed to be right in front of Quinn, leering at him, through the portal he could dimly make out the outlines of the mage court. He stepped through the portal and found him self exactly where he thought he would be, the court of magi.
"Take the heretic and the girl down to the ancients" boomed the high magus and immediately too magus guards sprang forward and relieved Quinn of jack weight. Quickly they dragged Jack down into the depth of the court where the ancients lived. Quinn turned to face his end.
Jack woke up on a stone floor, he was lying on his stomach, he could see Pan lying close by, her breathing was shallow and her eyes were not open. With a groan Jack rolled over and did a back flip to get to his feet he found that he was in a small round, dimly lit room. There was an old man in the corner, watching Jack.
"I am glad to see you awake" the old man had a menacing voice "now I can hasten you destruction, are you prepare, I am going to be the last thing you ever see on this mortal coil." The old man closed his eyes and jack felt some thing trying to access his power, he denied it. Jack laughed a crule heartless laugh.
"Old man, I don't know what your powers do, but they have no effect on me." Jack walked forward so he was standing in front of the old man "but you knew that didn't you?"
"Mercy!" cried the ancient and jack frowned.
"Mercy?" asked Jack, his power bursting in life around him in platinum flames "what do you know of mercy?!" Jack yelled and the flames flared out ward burning the ancient "you treat life like a disposable commodity, wont don't tolerate this!." jack clenched his fists and the flame flared, redoubled in force, and jack ascended now he went to the tenth level that he had discovered during his battle with Ch^en but continued to power up when he was nearing the end he felt another burst of power just beyond his reach so he continued and grasped it "you don't deserve my mercy!" yelled jack as the next stage of ultimate Afolian over took him, his hair instead of sticking strait up like it normally would in ultimate stage it sprang out in all directions the platinum fire span clockwise into a huge pillar that erupted through the roof tiles and pieces of rock levitated into the air "I AM THE AVENGER!" when jack yelled that to the world his voice was like a thousand lions, their dominance over their pack. The ancient fell back dazed by this new figure of glowing radiance. "Bang." Said jack as a white beam lanced through the ancient. The jack floated up, through the hole and the beam he had made.
Kaicia sat in her room wondering about Quinn, at first when she say how Pan acted toward Quinn she thought that the kiss in the hall had been a tease but then she saw pan with Jack and that had dispelled any worries that she had had about his love. Mainly she was wonder about how she could save him or allow him to keep his magic. When the whole complex gave a mighty rumble and furniture began to float upward. It was the same power as before only much greater, if this kept up then the entire citadel would be shaken to ruble. 'Could it be Jack? No, there is no way that he could generate this much power, I am needed.' She rose and ran down the hall, towards the courtroom.
Quinn felt a lump folding in his throat as he looked up at the high magus whom now looked on him in disgust.
"Quinn, this very well might be you last time here, and for your previous actions. This court accuses you of destroying a inn that was tolerant to magus, kidnap the princess, in short treason." She cleared her throat "the suggested punishment for this is the removal of magic but due to your previous wrongs, I vote for execution. A murmur ran across the council "any objections?" asked she as she stood. When she opened her mouth again the citadel gave a mighty rumble as if some monstrous dragon had been awakened in the darkness of the ancients and was now very angry about having a castle on top of it. Tiles and hunks of the floor levitated upwards and Kaicia crashed through the door.
"Mother!" she called out "how can your pride blind you so?" all of the magus were now watching Kaicia "your going to get every one killed unless you give up your pride!" she yelled
"Silence!" screamed the high magus majestically "in obedient child! Go back to your room!" but Kaicia stood her ground
"No mother!" Kaicia wanted to put forth a position of strength "you still struggle to hold your power even though your castle is falling into the sky! Wake up!" the high magus was about to answer when a beam of white brilliance shot through the floor and ceiling, in between the high magus, Kaicia and Quinn something floated out of the whole but due to the beam only the outline of the figure could been seen. Except the eyes, which gleamed even brighter, that the beam, but they glowed with a bitter fury and deadliness the like of which no magi had ever faced before. The beam dissipated into a translucent fireball and at its center was Jack but jack was changed he was much bigger now, standing at least eight foot tall with muscles to match. In his arms he carried Pan, Jack's eyes flashed with a deadly fury
"Who did this?" he roared like a wounded dragon. And most of the mages cowered back in fear "Who?" jack roared again, whirling about so he could see al his enemies.
"I did!" called out the high magus, regaining her confidence. But then jacks gaze landed on her and she melted back into her chair in fear. Quinn turned his head, he didn't want to see what would happen next all he heard was a high pitched scream and when he opened his eyes again there was no high magus but just a neat hole where she used to sit. Then chaos ruled, some magi where drawing their power to them while other where running for the door. Jack landed lightly next to Kaicia and Quinn, still cradling Pan in his arms protectively.
"We need to go, I need to find a place where I can concentrate for a moment so I can heal her." Kaicia and Quinn looked about for a way of escape but the fleeing magi had closed the door behind them, blocking their escape. But Jack was more resourceful; he was staring at the ceiling and at length when the others were of lowest hope he bent down. "Hold onto me I am going to fly through the ceiling." And as both Kaicia and Quinn could feel the majority of magi had already accumulated most of their power and were forming it into one mass spell, nether argued. As soon as both had latched on Jack launched him self at the hole, and not a second too soon for as Jack flew he heard something powerful hit the very spot he had been standing. Out through the roof they sped, and there they stayed for a while until Jack spotted a small hill in the distance. There they landed, jack lay Pan's still form on the grass while Kaicia and Quinn rolled off of his back onto the hill side. Jack knelt by Pan's side and laid both of his palms on her stomach a softer, conforting glow appeared around jack, slowly it seeped into Pan and her eyes opened. She sat up and saw both Kaicia and Quinn resting on the hilltop and a very weary looking jack just about ready to collapse on top of her.
"Are you ok?" she asked him but all Jack did in return was grunt and fall backwards, fast asleep.
When jack woke up he found himself in much of the same position except that pan was next to him, sitting as if she had been watching him snoring contentedly. 'I wonder if a man can love two women equally' and 'what would Alora want me to do?' the second thought was easy to answer, she would want him to spend his life as he would, if he feel in love all the better, she never did think that jack could watch out for him self. Being near to Pan was like being with Alora, they felt almost the same, they must have similar spirits, both had an unnatural love and caring for most things. Finally jack decided that he would treat this carefully and if it was right then he would go with it, he resigned to ask Kaicia when she woke. Jack stood and put his vest on Pan's shoulders; though he knew that it wouldn't be much protection agents the clod wind that blew over the hill.
Pan woke earlier than the others the next day. And the first thing she noticed was that she had jack's vest laid on her, it was made of a stiff material but had a soft inner lining, the outside was worn a cracked as if it had seen countless years of battle. She rolled her shoulders uncomfortably and glanced over at jack. He was asleep, bare-chested on the ground, his well-defined chest rising and drooping slowly. She carefully laid the well worn vest by his side and for a moment just stood there watching him. She wanted to thank him but didn't, she was curious about jack. She knew that she had feelings for him but didn't know if he shared them. She resolved to ask Kaicia when she woke up. Pan turned and walked to the hilltop, off to the right she saw the forest the loomed around the hill top and she went to it and along the edges of it, collected firewood. When she returned jack was sitting up and Quinn was rubbing his eyes. She laid out the fire and Quinn used his power to light it. Soon there was a merry fire crackling and jack said he was going to find food. About a half an hour latter he came back with a deer across his back. Soon Pan was cooking it. It didn't take long after the smell of roasted venison began to fill the hilltop that Kaicia finally woke up. After she was fed and watered Jack decided to make his move.
"Um, Kaicia?" asked Jack cautiously. She turned her head in interest to Jack, she had never heard him talk in that one of voice "could we talk over there by the forest for a while?." She nodded and walked over with him as soon as the others were out of earshot Jack began to explain his problem to her. At first she couldn't believe her ears. This lethal person had actually fallen in love with pan and she decided to help him ad best she could.
"My best advice to you, my friend, is to flat out tell her what you feel." when Jack opened his mouth to say something she merely held up a finger to hush him. "Tell her exactly what you told me
after the next chapter I will need characters so I am going to hold a competition, if you would like to be in my fic, the please submit it in review form. Here are the details
name: pretty self explanitory
bio: tell me about your character
age: plz keep you characters of leagel adult age 18-21
gender: again the is pretty strait forward
race: in the next chapter you will meet a race called the Akorians, treat them as Afolians as they are almost the same
abilities: this is for the mage characters, shapshifting guardian angels and the lik. If your going to have a guardian angel the please provide a description of it
power level: state your warriors power level (subject to change)
trust: I need your trust with your character so people don't flame me all the time or send me nasty e-mails.
All characters will start out about equal
Thank you
~codesage
"He was ahead of us." said Kaicia, then the blood left her face "he was downstairs" Quinn's eyes widened
"Oh, no!" Quinn's eyes were full of terror
"What's wrong Quinn?" asked Kaicia urgently.
"Jax carried a fate stone!" yelled Quinn as he started a stumbling run down the stairs, Kaicia hot on his heels. About half way down the ruined staircase they found Sardoc and Pan Sardoc was unconscious, and pan was kneeling next to him trying to wake him, when Quinn came closer she turned her head as if she knew that Quinn was there.
"Quinn, who is that man, why did he do this?" her voice was full of despair, she unsteadily got to her feet.
"That is what Kaicia and I are going to find out now, stay here and keep your head down" said he, starting to walk past her. But when he came nearer she flung her arms around him.
"Don't leave me, please, don't. Let me come with you I can help with something." Tears were rolling down her face as she spoke. Quinn didn't quite know what to say, so he put his hand on her back to comfort her.
"Don't worry, pan, of course you can come along, but mind you do as I, or Kaicia say" he said it softly to sooth her and she let him go, following closely behind him. Swiftly and silently they descended to stairs and moved down the darkened corridor, there was a dim platinum light leading them on. When they came to the door that had opened into the hall they found that it had been ripped off of its hinges from the blast and the glow was coming from inside, it has a flickering quality of flames. Slowly, first one then another head peeped around the doorway and what they saw there none of them would ever forget. It was the worst thing that any of them had ever seen. Bodies were strewn about the hall, some dead, burned to death with parts of their blackened skeleton peering out at them. Others simply had extreme burns and their tortured moan and screams filled the hall. In the very center of the whirling death Jax stood, his back arched, his fists clenched, then, he roared, it was a sound like thunder underground, it reverberated throughout the hall and made the support beams groan in protest at the sound of his pain and rage. Such was his wroth that the very ground sagged beneath his terrible power and the three in the doorway coward in fear. The flames receded as Jack turned to the door, his eyes were closed. As the flames died completely his eyes snapped open and he saw his ruin. He sank to both knees and clutched his head in his hands.
"What have I done!?" he cried in dismay and sorrow, wildly shaking his head to and frau. Again he arched his back "what have I done!?" he screamed to the rafters.
"What is he?" Kaicia murmured under her breath. Pad looked at Jax in wonderment.
'How can he live with so much pain?' for Pan's "powers" as mentioned before by Sardoc were very rare, she had the ability to see people auras and sometimes their near future. Jax's aura was black and brown, of pain and death but also in his aura was bits and pieces of red, demon taint. Pan was always a kindly one and never could stand to see someone in pain and was often the first one to act in a situation. She ran from the doorway towards Jax.
"Pan!" yelled Quinn after her 'drat her, I hope Jax is safe to be around'
"What are we waiting for?" asked Kaicia "lets go lend a hand." Quinn and Kaicia cautiously left the doorway and made they're way through the body to Jax. Pan had already arrived and had bent down, trying to reassured Jax as well as she could. She looked down at the man, he was trembling and every once and a while a great sob escaped from him she put her arms around him in an embrace, trying to comfort him.
"Your alright, this can be mended, please stop crying." She pleaded with him softly, she really did want him to stop and at the same moment she realized just how muscular Jax was, under her touch he felt as solid as a steel shield. It took a long while for Jax to regain his right mind. The truth was that her embrace had made Jax remember Alora and the tender love she and he had shared. But there in his moment of weakness he made a new resolution, never again would he be called the destroyer from now on he would only be know as the avenger, a force for good. Slowly he stood and wiped the tears from his face, he then returned the embrace that pan had given him, for she was still hanging onto him. She near jumped out of her skin when Jax hugged her in return, t wasn't what she had been expecting but it was welcome. Jax looked at the others whom were standing, dumbstruck, at Jack's hug. Kaicia half expected him to burn her to death when she touched him and Quinn wasn't at all certain about what might happen but was prepared to leap in at any time to help Pan.
"How many are still alive?" Jack said, sorrow thick on his voice.
"Maybe ten perhaps less." Said Kaicia "but I want to know what exactly are you are, Jax." Jack blinked in confusion then suddenly slapped his forehead.
"I am sorry, I'm Jack, not Jax, and what I am can be talked about latter, there are still wounded that I have to hel." but he never got to finish in mid-sentence his eyes went vacant and he fell onto Pan whom could only barley hold him up. As jack fell the high magus came into view. Her eyes gleamed with rage and she opened a portal.
"Quinn," she didn't yell but she didn't have to. Her voice was like the hissing of a thousand vipers. "You are t be tried in the mage court as a heretic, Kaicia. You disappoint me, how could you gather with such garbage? You are to go to your quarters and stay there until called. As for this fellow and that young girl under him, they will both be handed to the ancients for their delight. Lift the man, Quinn. You girl go through the portal now or meet your death early, pan rushed through the gate and Quinn lifted Jack. Kaicia was the last one through, but as she passed, while the high magus wasn't looking, she kissed him once more and whispered, "I'm sorry." Then she too was gone. Quinn's march to the portal seemed to take forever; Quinn knew that one of two things was going to happen, ether he would be immediately executed or he would have his magic bleed from him. 'Well I've really done it this time' Quinn thought to himself 'I just hope that Kaicia doesn't come to a bad end'. Suddenly the portal seemed to be right in front of Quinn, leering at him, through the portal he could dimly make out the outlines of the mage court. He stepped through the portal and found him self exactly where he thought he would be, the court of magi.
"Take the heretic and the girl down to the ancients" boomed the high magus and immediately too magus guards sprang forward and relieved Quinn of jack weight. Quickly they dragged Jack down into the depth of the court where the ancients lived. Quinn turned to face his end.
Jack woke up on a stone floor, he was lying on his stomach, he could see Pan lying close by, her breathing was shallow and her eyes were not open. With a groan Jack rolled over and did a back flip to get to his feet he found that he was in a small round, dimly lit room. There was an old man in the corner, watching Jack.
"I am glad to see you awake" the old man had a menacing voice "now I can hasten you destruction, are you prepare, I am going to be the last thing you ever see on this mortal coil." The old man closed his eyes and jack felt some thing trying to access his power, he denied it. Jack laughed a crule heartless laugh.
"Old man, I don't know what your powers do, but they have no effect on me." Jack walked forward so he was standing in front of the old man "but you knew that didn't you?"
"Mercy!" cried the ancient and jack frowned.
"Mercy?" asked Jack, his power bursting in life around him in platinum flames "what do you know of mercy?!" Jack yelled and the flames flared out ward burning the ancient "you treat life like a disposable commodity, wont don't tolerate this!." jack clenched his fists and the flame flared, redoubled in force, and jack ascended now he went to the tenth level that he had discovered during his battle with Ch^en but continued to power up when he was nearing the end he felt another burst of power just beyond his reach so he continued and grasped it "you don't deserve my mercy!" yelled jack as the next stage of ultimate Afolian over took him, his hair instead of sticking strait up like it normally would in ultimate stage it sprang out in all directions the platinum fire span clockwise into a huge pillar that erupted through the roof tiles and pieces of rock levitated into the air "I AM THE AVENGER!" when jack yelled that to the world his voice was like a thousand lions, their dominance over their pack. The ancient fell back dazed by this new figure of glowing radiance. "Bang." Said jack as a white beam lanced through the ancient. The jack floated up, through the hole and the beam he had made.
Kaicia sat in her room wondering about Quinn, at first when she say how Pan acted toward Quinn she thought that the kiss in the hall had been a tease but then she saw pan with Jack and that had dispelled any worries that she had had about his love. Mainly she was wonder about how she could save him or allow him to keep his magic. When the whole complex gave a mighty rumble and furniture began to float upward. It was the same power as before only much greater, if this kept up then the entire citadel would be shaken to ruble. 'Could it be Jack? No, there is no way that he could generate this much power, I am needed.' She rose and ran down the hall, towards the courtroom.
Quinn felt a lump folding in his throat as he looked up at the high magus whom now looked on him in disgust.
"Quinn, this very well might be you last time here, and for your previous actions. This court accuses you of destroying a inn that was tolerant to magus, kidnap the princess, in short treason." She cleared her throat "the suggested punishment for this is the removal of magic but due to your previous wrongs, I vote for execution. A murmur ran across the council "any objections?" asked she as she stood. When she opened her mouth again the citadel gave a mighty rumble as if some monstrous dragon had been awakened in the darkness of the ancients and was now very angry about having a castle on top of it. Tiles and hunks of the floor levitated upwards and Kaicia crashed through the door.
"Mother!" she called out "how can your pride blind you so?" all of the magus were now watching Kaicia "your going to get every one killed unless you give up your pride!" she yelled
"Silence!" screamed the high magus majestically "in obedient child! Go back to your room!" but Kaicia stood her ground
"No mother!" Kaicia wanted to put forth a position of strength "you still struggle to hold your power even though your castle is falling into the sky! Wake up!" the high magus was about to answer when a beam of white brilliance shot through the floor and ceiling, in between the high magus, Kaicia and Quinn something floated out of the whole but due to the beam only the outline of the figure could been seen. Except the eyes, which gleamed even brighter, that the beam, but they glowed with a bitter fury and deadliness the like of which no magi had ever faced before. The beam dissipated into a translucent fireball and at its center was Jack but jack was changed he was much bigger now, standing at least eight foot tall with muscles to match. In his arms he carried Pan, Jack's eyes flashed with a deadly fury
"Who did this?" he roared like a wounded dragon. And most of the mages cowered back in fear "Who?" jack roared again, whirling about so he could see al his enemies.
"I did!" called out the high magus, regaining her confidence. But then jacks gaze landed on her and she melted back into her chair in fear. Quinn turned his head, he didn't want to see what would happen next all he heard was a high pitched scream and when he opened his eyes again there was no high magus but just a neat hole where she used to sit. Then chaos ruled, some magi where drawing their power to them while other where running for the door. Jack landed lightly next to Kaicia and Quinn, still cradling Pan in his arms protectively.
"We need to go, I need to find a place where I can concentrate for a moment so I can heal her." Kaicia and Quinn looked about for a way of escape but the fleeing magi had closed the door behind them, blocking their escape. But Jack was more resourceful; he was staring at the ceiling and at length when the others were of lowest hope he bent down. "Hold onto me I am going to fly through the ceiling." And as both Kaicia and Quinn could feel the majority of magi had already accumulated most of their power and were forming it into one mass spell, nether argued. As soon as both had latched on Jack launched him self at the hole, and not a second too soon for as Jack flew he heard something powerful hit the very spot he had been standing. Out through the roof they sped, and there they stayed for a while until Jack spotted a small hill in the distance. There they landed, jack lay Pan's still form on the grass while Kaicia and Quinn rolled off of his back onto the hill side. Jack knelt by Pan's side and laid both of his palms on her stomach a softer, conforting glow appeared around jack, slowly it seeped into Pan and her eyes opened. She sat up and saw both Kaicia and Quinn resting on the hilltop and a very weary looking jack just about ready to collapse on top of her.
"Are you ok?" she asked him but all Jack did in return was grunt and fall backwards, fast asleep.
When jack woke up he found himself in much of the same position except that pan was next to him, sitting as if she had been watching him snoring contentedly. 'I wonder if a man can love two women equally' and 'what would Alora want me to do?' the second thought was easy to answer, she would want him to spend his life as he would, if he feel in love all the better, she never did think that jack could watch out for him self. Being near to Pan was like being with Alora, they felt almost the same, they must have similar spirits, both had an unnatural love and caring for most things. Finally jack decided that he would treat this carefully and if it was right then he would go with it, he resigned to ask Kaicia when she woke. Jack stood and put his vest on Pan's shoulders; though he knew that it wouldn't be much protection agents the clod wind that blew over the hill.
Pan woke earlier than the others the next day. And the first thing she noticed was that she had jack's vest laid on her, it was made of a stiff material but had a soft inner lining, the outside was worn a cracked as if it had seen countless years of battle. She rolled her shoulders uncomfortably and glanced over at jack. He was asleep, bare-chested on the ground, his well-defined chest rising and drooping slowly. She carefully laid the well worn vest by his side and for a moment just stood there watching him. She wanted to thank him but didn't, she was curious about jack. She knew that she had feelings for him but didn't know if he shared them. She resolved to ask Kaicia when she woke up. Pan turned and walked to the hilltop, off to the right she saw the forest the loomed around the hill top and she went to it and along the edges of it, collected firewood. When she returned jack was sitting up and Quinn was rubbing his eyes. She laid out the fire and Quinn used his power to light it. Soon there was a merry fire crackling and jack said he was going to find food. About a half an hour latter he came back with a deer across his back. Soon Pan was cooking it. It didn't take long after the smell of roasted venison began to fill the hilltop that Kaicia finally woke up. After she was fed and watered Jack decided to make his move.
"Um, Kaicia?" asked Jack cautiously. She turned her head in interest to Jack, she had never heard him talk in that one of voice "could we talk over there by the forest for a while?." She nodded and walked over with him as soon as the others were out of earshot Jack began to explain his problem to her. At first she couldn't believe her ears. This lethal person had actually fallen in love with pan and she decided to help him ad best she could.
"My best advice to you, my friend, is to flat out tell her what you feel." when Jack opened his mouth to say something she merely held up a finger to hush him. "Tell her exactly what you told me
after the next chapter I will need characters so I am going to hold a competition, if you would like to be in my fic, the please submit it in review form. Here are the details
name: pretty self explanitory
bio: tell me about your character
age: plz keep you characters of leagel adult age 18-21
gender: again the is pretty strait forward
race: in the next chapter you will meet a race called the Akorians, treat them as Afolians as they are almost the same
abilities: this is for the mage characters, shapshifting guardian angels and the lik. If your going to have a guardian angel the please provide a description of it
power level: state your warriors power level (subject to change)
trust: I need your trust with your character so people don't flame me all the time or send me nasty e-mails.
All characters will start out about equal
Thank you
~codesage